The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1887-12-04

ISOLATED with your management.
"GENEvIEvE LYTToN."
A Salt Laker now in New York, and
al occasional correspondent of THE
HERALD, writes chatty letter of the
Henrietta, Robson & Cranes great
success. By far the most interesting
performance have witnessed is Rob
son & Cranes Henrietta at the Union
Square, Whare each actor is a star, all
having goo,i lines, but the fat parts, OF
course. falling to the two. inim1table
principals. Following is the cast:
Nicholas vanalstyne, "old Nick in the
Street" Mr.. William Crane
DR.. Parke Wainwright. Mr. II. J. LethcOurt
Nicholas VanalsCyne, Jr.. Mr.. Charles Kent
BERTHE Vdnelstyne, lamb -::..-.-;.-;.
Lord arthur Trelauney, sno her ....
....................Mr Orimer Stoddard.
The Rev. DR.. Murray Hilton.
Mr.. Frank Tannehill, Jr.
A Shepherd. 1t was to combat
and expose such as these, no
doubt, that laughter was made"
Vanity Fair
Watson Flint .Mr Henry Bergman.
Musgrave. .............. Mr.. Louis Carpenter.
Agnes Lockwood. .".....- Miss Jessie Storey.
Lady Mary Trelauney Miss May Waldron.
Henrietta is laid in Wall Street
and deals with the bulls and bears, but
has a vein of love and sentiment run
ming through it. as cleverly designed to
a tract the weaker sex as the rougher
and more business.like scenes are 10
tickle the fancies of the men. The
curtain rises discovering Old Nick
(Crane) with a perfect makeup If
Wall Street millionaire comfortably
eusconced in his private office
at home and with the assistance
of his son (Yeung Nick, the villain)
his private secretary and the indispens-
able Ticker, is simultaneously max
lag million aires and paupers. 4 pretty
feature OF the first acts where Nick, Sen,
has an opportunity to crush his old
financial enemy and make him penni-
less and dictates letter TO his secretary
accordingly; and then taking his ward
Agnes face between his hands, listens q
moment or two to her girlish prattle
about Sunday charities and canary
birds-hesitates-h face changes-a
smile taxes the place of fr.wn ana
with (stage) tear gliStening in his eye
be orders his first letter destroyed aud
another written in its stead which saves
his enemy from ruin and brings down
the house. Robson as Bette (nice
chewing gum name isn't IT. is Il Fifth
Avenue dude and in the second act his
efforts to initiate his English brother
are simply convulsing. Nick, Junior
learns from the handsome doctor (Tan-
nehill-you remember him-he was out
there with Gillette in Private Secretary
-l,x, to Yol~1 10 En
OF young girl whom he (NiCk) had be
trayed; and just as the truth of the
scandal is about to be discovered in the
presence of the injured wife and others
Nick thrusts the guilt on TO BERTHE who
willingly accepts it to save his brothers
name. Sniffie-curtain Act three shows
all the hustle, hurry and excitement 10
be found in a busy brokers' Office on
Wall Street. The vlilalnous first born
tries to Iuin his father and enrich him
self, and is on the point IF success when
BERTHE comes to her fathers aid with
what is left OF half million present.
which the old gent had given him in az
idle hour Stocks, which have been
paralyZed, begin to jump, the bulls re-
jOice, the bears sCamper, Old Nick
lost fortune is recovered, the viilainoUs
son dies OF heart disease. Dint lie,
dingle. The last act, alter many luui-
crous complications, gathers mp
all the tangled ends, straight
ems everything out in true stage
style and leaves the audience
in the very best of humor. 1t is play
particularly Wen suited to large cities
where audiences will likely be familiar
with all the Wall Street phrases. OF
Robson & Crane L need not speak,
further than to ask you to imagine
them saying and doing things evolved
from the brain of Bronson Harvard, who
is the author of the play. The wit
fairly bubbles over. hope you may see
them out west with it. Mr.. Randall
and Al Hayman say Salt Lake may
look for some genuine treats next sum-
mer, when the Lyceum, the Madison
Square and DeDman Thompson will
swoop down upon you with scenery and
props. Louis James and Marie Vain
wright are booked for Salt Lake also
one year from now. | am anxious TO
prefer of Shakespearian female roles,
who will be on the boards here soon. !
have seen The Wife at the Lyceum,
The Corsair at the Bijou. Marquis al
the Casino, Fidelio at the Metropolitan
| Opera House, The Old Homestead "a
sequel to Joshua Whitconb) at the
Fourteenth Street and The Martyr a.
the Madison Square. The Wife, think
is really the best thing before the public
now of that class of plays. If this letter
wasn't already too long I'd tell you
about it, but will have to defer it nov
till another time.
Notes.